January %s

These lovely spring flowers are for all of us who have managed to take distance to  0% exercise level. 

Well done  us!

After I recovered from The Bad and Ugly Noro Visitor I did  every morning  (or sometimes later in the day) 100% of 5 minutes Pilates workout. You are right Petri Kokko; This little workout tunes me  into the day and makes me feel good. I'm telling  myself that it tunes my body as well but perhaps it is too early to say. To be continued.

 I have linked the Abdominal Challenge to my 5 minutes morning Pilates workout. I think I might be cheating with this one because I do not feel any pain. No gain if not pain... Isn't it true with abdominal exercises? Well- I'll continue this anyway as  I've past  half way to gain 100% success. To be continued.

15 minutes Pilates workout I managed to do 8 times in 26 days. That is 30% success rate. Can't be bothered. I'm not fit to this one. And the lady's voice in the DVD is bloody boring and she does all the movements far too quickly.  Binned.

1000 bonus points rewarded to myself for visiting the gym 5 times and having a walk 3 times in January. Both of these achievements represent 100% improvement compared to my 0% starting level. To be continued.

Happy February Everyone!

Vocatum, Kynsilehto

I like gym exercise.  There are lots of lovely gyms in Oulu but unfortunately their terms and conditions are not written to meet the needs of a person who might use their facilities  regulary irregulary. (Sad look towards Heinapaa and Keskusta....)

I didn't have high hopes when I popped into Vocatum, Kynsilehto after getting  new inspiration "to get back on track".

And what a loooovely suprise: I found A Gym which is able to create an individually tailored membership for an untypical customer like me. 

 I was like Alice in the Wonderland. It is best to admit that I like gadgets and Vocatum is like a dreamland for a person who enjoys autolit lighting, technokeys for their lockers and detailed feedback from their daily gym routine.

Vocatum uses TechnoGym Wellness System which is a computer based application which provides personalized programmes and an easy way to monitor and collect data from exercise routines.

Choosing my exercise.

"Done"s and to "do"s.

The key installs my individual programme to the machine.

The equipment  have  little monitors  which display instructions to the excercise.

 At the end of my exercise it was great fun to research the results.The TechnoGym system gives quite detailed feedback from one's gym routine as the system records any activity which can be  then read at the feedback point.  Brilliat system, easy to use and great fun to play with.

During my trip  to Oulu I visited Vocatum Gym 6 times.  I was extremely pleased with the service as the staff also managed to sqeeze me in for my fittness test and planning my individual gym programme within their busy schedule. Thank you Henna! This was such a fantastic start for my new  get fit
 plan.  No more dithering where to go when being in Oulu.

Along the riverside. Jokivartta pitkin

Today we took a lovely route around the river Oulu estuary. It is  pure luxury to be able to  walk smacking in the middle of the town  along purpose built pedestrian paths  enjoying  from the scenery.

By the way, what in earth are "Kinesis" equipment? There are some Kinesis equipment at my new gym and I have no idea.  This gym is packed  with technology and I have to say I find it really motivating. Oh dear; I need to be strickt with myself and not to let me get madly  in love  with this Finnish gym as it will be a straight road back to reality at the end of next week.

MerjaUK



Tämän päivän sauvakävelylenkillä kiersimme kävelyteitä, jotka reunustivat Oulujoen suiston saaria. Päädyimme Lammassaareen, jossa aloiteltiin pääsiäiskokon polttoa nyt 33. kertaa. Minunkin tarkoitukseni oli mennä MerjaUK:n tavoin kuntosalille lenkin jälkeen, mutta eräs ystäväni sai minut houkuteltua sen sijaan palaamaan takaisin pääsiäiskokon juurelle. Kuntosalin sijaan tuli tuon yhteisen 4,8 km sauvakävelylenkkimme lisäksi muuta kävelyä 6 km verran. Eiköhän se riitä yhdelle päivälle. Huomenna lisää :-)

Kinesis on todella tehokas harjoittelumuoto. Olen treenannut muutaman kerran kinesislaitteilla Beauty Center -salilla. Ensimmäisellä kerralla paloi puolen tunnin treenissä yhtä paljon kaloreita kuin tunnin tehokkaalla lenkillä.

Netistä löytyy paljon myös treenivideoita. Tässä yksi:

MerjaFIN